Barber&#39;s tool.



7 No. 879,154. PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908. J. R. DRAPER & T. L. HUGHES.

BARBERS STO OL.

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JOHN R. DRAPER AND THOMAS L. HUGHES, OF HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA.

BARBERS STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

Application filed April 26 1907; Serial No. 370,425-

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN R. DRAPER and THOMAS L. HUGHEs, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Hennessey, in the county of Kingfisherand State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Barbers Stool, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stools for us by barbers and its object is toprovide a device of this character designed to be placed adj acent abarbers chair, and which can be occupied by the barber While attending acustomer within the chair.

It is a well known fact that corns and similar growths upon the feet,rheumatism of the legs, etc., are produced as a result of constantstanding and owing thereto barbers are constantly abandoning theirtrade.

It is the object of the present invention to provide simple meanswhereby a barber may remain seated while attending a customer and canreadily shift his position whenever desired without the necessity ofleaving the stool on which he is seated.

WVith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts which will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing is shown the preferred form of theinvention.

Said drawing is a perspective view of the stool in position adjacent abarbers chair.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, 1 is the base orbody of the stool, the same being curved from end to end in the arc of acircle and preferably for about ninety degrees and this body issupported at the ends thereof and at intermediate points by legs 2.Concentric arcuate rails 3 are secured upon the body adjacent the edgesthereof and each of these rails is preferably formed of a channel iron,one of the flanges 4 constituting the part on which the carriagehereinafter described travels while the other or upper flange of therail acts as a guard to prevent displacement of the carriage. Stop pins6 connect the two flanges of each rail at the ends thereof. Mountedbetween the rails and upon the flanges 4 is a carriage 7 having rollers8 the axes of which are disposed along lines extending radially acrossthe body 1 and this. carriage is provided with a tubular standard 9having a screw threaded stem 10 mounted therein and projecting downwardfrom the seat 11. A covering preferably in the form of a sheet 12 ofrubber or other suitable material is secured upon the body and extendsbetween the rails.

When it is desired to use the stool herein described. the same is placedadjacent a barbers chair such as has been indicated at A, one end of thebody 1 being preferably located back of the chair while the other end isarranged at one side thereof as shown in the drawings. The barber, whenwaiting upon a customer, seats himsel upon the stool after adjusting theseat 11 to the proper height and by placing his feet upon the covering12 he can push the carriage 7 to any desired osition upon the bodywithout necessarily caving the seat 11.

What is claimed is.

1. A stool comprising a body, supports therefor, oppositely disposedcurved channel irons concentrically arranged upon the body, a carriageinterposed between said irons, supporting rollers connected to thecarriage and moved within the irons, and a seat adjustably connected tothe carriage, that portion of the body between the channel ironsconstituting a foot rest for the occupant of the seat.

2. The combination with a barbers chair having a curved body supportedadjacent thereto and partly surrounding the same of oppositely disposedconcentric channel irons upon the body, a carriage interposed betweenthe irons, supporting rollers connected to the carriage and. movablewithin the channel irons, and a seat adjustably connected to andsupported by the carriage, that portion of the body between the ironsconstituting a foot rest for the occupant of the seat.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses JOHN R. DRAPER.THOMAS L. HUGHES. Witnesses:

WV. A. Enonns, JOHN SMITH.

